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Emmi. dr/za ofl, 35" /5 BY Dec. 21, 1954 E. L. ARNESON ARTICLE CARRIER 3Sheets-Sheet 5 Original Filed Nov. 15, 1951 FINVENTOR. Eda/472i dhzagarzUnited States Patent Office- Re. 23,912 Reiasued Dec. 21, 1954 ARTICLECARRIER Edwin L. Arneson, Morris, lll.. assignor to Mprris Paper Mills,Chicago, IIL, a corporation of knots Oriainal No. 2,634,043. dated April7, 1953, Serial No. 256.065, November 13, 1951. Application for reissueJune 3, 1953, Serial No. 359,453

6 Claims. (Cl. 220-1 11) Matter enclosed in heavy brackets appears inthe original patent but forms no part of this reissue specification:matter printed in italics indicates the addltlons made by reissue.

This invention relates to improvements in a paper board carrier forbottles and similar articles of untlorm size and shape. A cellulararticle carrier 15 affordcd thereby which provides full depth sideprotection for bottles placed in the cells thereof. coupled w th asuspending handle of increased strength and rtgtdtty which also hasother attractive features.

This application is a continuation-impart of my copcnding applicationSerial No. 235.978. filed July 10, 1951.

It is an object of the invention to provide an improved article carrierfabricated of a paperboard blank of a minimum size to provide amultiple-ply long1tudtnal partition and handle panel from which certaincross p artition panels are cut, one of the long tudinal partition plieshaving a flap of substantial size hinged to the lower margin thereof andcovering certain openings therein which result from the cutting thereofto produce the cross partition elements, and the top of the longitudinalpartition and handle panel being strongly reinforced by additionalpartial depth plies taken from an area of the blank [which wouldnormally represent, m the main. waste material, said carrier havingintegral side walls and bottom] which is in part on area died out in-WHI't/l) of an outer margin of the blank and in part an area which canbe nested relative to a recessed area of on odlocent blank cut from asheet or web of the paperboard stock.

Another object is to provide a carrier of this sort, featuring aprotective ply disposed between other plies of a longitudinal partitionand handle member and a two-ply top reinforcing element for said member.in which said element is excised [in the main] from [an otherwise wastearea of] a blank in such a manner as to provide a finished surface atthe top of the member, suitable for printing and/or decoration.

Yet another obiect is to provide an improved paperboard article carrierin which an outer reinforcing and finished panel is foldably associatedwith a longitudinal partition unit and is externally overlapped inrelation to the latter to serve as a handle member of the carrier. Thisreinforcing and finish panel is so located in a blank from which thecarrier is fabricated as to be capable of anchoring itself relative toother areas of the blank as some proceeds through a gluing and foldingmachine on which the carrier is made.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a carrier in whichthe outer reinforcing and finish panel is located at an external marginof a paperboard blank from which the carrier is constructed.

Another specific object is to provide an improved ar ticle carrierhaving cross partition panels of novel construction, being adapted to beswung outwardly relative to a longitudinal partition panel and securedto a side wall panel, these cross partition elements featuring animproved way of deriving a glue lap for so securing the same, in whichthe glue lap on one cross partition ele ment is taken from the materialof an adjacent succeeding cross partition element.

Yet another specific object is to provide an article carrier featuringan improved cross partition structure as described in the precedingparagraph, in combination protective panel or flap hinged at the bottommarwith a gin of a longitudinal partition unit to which the crosspartition elements are hinged, whereby openings exposed by the outwardswinging of the cross partition elements are covered by this panel orflap in an upwardly folded position thereof.

A general object of the invention is to provide an improved carrierhaving an outer protective and finish panel on its grip portion, onupturned, longitudinal partition protecting panel and the improved crosspartition arrangement mentioned above, in which all of these provisionsare positioned in the blank so as to permit maximum economy of materialrequired to make the carrier.

A still further obiect is to provide an improved blank suitable for themanufacture of such an article carrier.

The foregoing statements are indicative in a general way of the natureof the invention. Other and more specific objects will be apparent tothose skilled in the art upon a full understanding of the constructionand operation of the device.

A single embodiment of the invention is presented herein for purpose ofillustration. It will be appreciated that the invention may beincorporated in other modified forms coming equally within the scope ofthe appended claims.

in the drawings;

Fig. l is a top plan view of the slitted and creased flexible paperboardblank from which the improved bottle carrier is formed, showingpreliminary gluing thereof:

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the blank following a first foldingoperation also indicating the application of adhesive preceding a secondfold;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing the blank following the second foldand indicating a further application of adhesive;

Figs. 4 and 5 are top plan views of the blank after still furthermanipulations;

' Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the carrier in its finished, knocked downcondition;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view in enlarged scale, partially broken away,showing the completed and erected carrier;

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the erected carrier; and

Figs. 9 and 10 are, respectively, views in longitudinal and transversevertical section along lines 99 and 10l0 of Fig. 8.

Referring to Fig. l of the drawings, the improved bottle carrier ismanufactured from a flexible paperboard blank 10. This blank is to aconsiderable extent symmetric about a medial horizontal crease line 11of a bottom forming section 12, which defines two like bottom panels 13in that section. Hence corresponding parts and relationships on oppositesides of crease line 11 are indicated by like reference numerals, andonly one set thereof is described.

A rectangular side wall panel 14 is hinged to bottom section 12 by ahorizontal marginal crease 15, and this panel carries an end wall panel16, hinged thereto by a vertical crease 17. Panel 16 is provided with aglue lap 18, which is hinged thereto by crease 19. A notched bottomlocking lug 20 is formed on the inner or bottom extremity of glue lap18.

A further end wall panel 21 is conjoined by crease 22 to the oppositeend of side wall panel 14. It is similar in size and shape to the otherend wall panel 16. A crease 23 serves to hinge to one of the panels 21 alongitudinal partition and handle panel 24 and a corresponding crease23' in the other section of blank 10 acts to hinge to its end wall panela second longi tudinal partition and handle member, designated 24.

An outer or top extension of the crease 23' serves the purpose ofhinging to partition and handle member 24' an outer handle reinforcingand finishing member 25. This is separated from side and end Wall panels14. 21 by a slit 26 which outlines the top margins thereof. Member 25 issubdivided by a horizontal crease 27 into a pair of outer reinforcingsections 28, 29, both .of which are slitted and creased to definehandhole tabs 30 of known sort. The purpose of member 25 will behereinafter described.

The longitudinal partition and handle panels 24, 24'

are slitted and creased to set out similar cross partition structures.Like reference numerals, primed, are' employed to designate parts orelements in panel 24' corresponding to those of panel 24.

Panel 24 is provided with a shaped slit 31 which outlines the freemarginal edge of a cross partition element 22and a glue lap 33 on thatelement. The element is hinged to panel 24 by a crease 34 parallelingthe crease 23; the glue lap 33 is foldably connected to element 32 by aparallel crease 35. Slit 31 extends from a point beneath a grip portion36 of panel 24 inwardly the full dimension of the panel, terminating ata point which coincides with the bottom of the latter.

A further cross partition panel to panel 24 by means of a shorttransverse crease 38 which is, in actuality, an extension, of crease 35.Element 37 is freed from panel 24 by a horizontal slit 39 extending fromthe outer terminus of crease 38 to the right hand side edge of panel 24.Cross partition panel element 37 is also separated by the shaped slit 31from the glue lap 33 of the other cross partition element 32. Panelelement 37 carries its own glue lap 40, which is hinged thereto by avertical crease M.

It is to be noted that the glue laps 33, 33' of elements 32, 32,respectively, are excised by the shaped slits from the material of theadjacent succeeding cross partition panel elements 37, 37'. This leavesonly a relatively small opening in each of those elements, at a sidethereof, hence contact of bottles separated by the partition element 37is hinged elements is not possible at their point of maximum dimensionacross a cell defined by the elements. It is also evident that glue lapsof still further cross partition elements, for example in a I Z-articlecarrier, can be formed in the same way. The structural relationship is avery practical one in the construction of the carrier on existingfolding and gluing machinery.

The longitudinal partition and handle panel 24' differs from, the panel24 in that its shaped slit 3l', which defines the free edge of crosspartition element 32 and its hinged glue lap 33 is angled reversely atits inner extremity to intersect with a horizontal bottom crease 42 atthe inner horizontal margin of panel 24'. it is reversely directed alongthe line of said crease to the inner terminal of the partition hingingcrease 34'.

A'reinforcing and bottle separating flap section 43 is separated fromthe longitudinal partition and handle panel 24 by a horizontal slit orbottom margin of the last named panel. Section 43 is hinged to the inneror bottom margin of the panel 24' by the horizontal crease 42 and isfoldable upwardly about said crease in assembling the carrier, beingdisposed between the longitudinal partition and handle panels 24, 24 inthe completed condition of the carrier, for a purpose to be described.[The panels 24, 24 are provided with U-shaped slits 46 and horizontalcreases 47 connecting the ends thereof, thus to define handhole openingsnormally closed by hinged flaps 48, in a well known manner] The gripportions of panel24, 24 are provided with handhole openings 48 in theform of elongated rectangu- Inr apertures, the opening in panel 24'being defined at its inner and outer sides by horizontal edges 46, 47,for a purpose to he described.

In assembling the carrier from the blank illustrated in Fig.1, adhesiveis applied to the glue laps 33, 33, .40, 40' and to the outer portion ofpanel member 24, as indicated by stippling. Panel members 24, 24 andtheir associated parts are then folded upwardly, inwardly The exposedopposite 44 which coincides with the inner and downwardly about creases23, 23' respectively, causing the glue laps to adhere to the respectiveside walls 14 and the glued portion of panel 24' to adhere to theportion 29 of the outer reinforcing handle member 25. This leaves theblank in the condition shown in Fig. 2.

Further adhesive is applied to terminal glue 'laps 18 and to the exposedsurface of panel 24' as indicated by stippling in Fig. 2. End wallpanels 16 are now folded upwardly, inwardly and downwardly about creases19, adhering the glue laps 18 to the upper portions of panels 24, 24'.The section 43 is next folded upwardly, inwardly and downwardly aboutits hinge 42 into face-to-face re? lation to the panel member 24', towhich it is thus adl'l ered leaving the blank in the conditionillustrated in 1g. l I

Adhesive may now be applied, as indicated by stippling in Fig. 4, to thelongitudinal partition and handle panel 24, and a glue lap 18, afterwhich the two sections of y from glued joints in panel 24 the blank arefolded about medial bottom crease 11 into adhered relation to oneanother as shown in Fig. 5.

The carrier is completed by applying adhesive to the exposed portion orsection 28 of the outer handle reinforcing and finishing member 25, asstippled in Fig. 5.

This section is then folded about the subdividing crease V 27 andadhered to the exposed surface of the opposed panel 24, leaving thecarrier in the completed, knockdown condition of Fig. 6.

As shown in Figs. 7 and 9 the swinging of the cross partition panelelements 32, 32', 37, 37' about their respective integral hinges, inerecting the carrier, results in the presence of openings of substantialsize in the longitudinal partition panels 24, 24., due to the relativelylarge area and substantial height of the bottle separating crosspartition panels 32, 32, 3'7, 37' cut therefrom. The relatively largereinforcing and protecting section 43 covers these openings and affordsfull depth bottle protection, without consuming extra paperboard stock.lt is evident that the section 43 adds its strength and rigidity to theassociated panels 24, 24' of the longitudinal partition and handleunitwhich these panels make up, affording improved rigidity for this part.

When the carrier has been erected to the set up condition of Fig. 7, oneend or the bottom 12 is engaged over the latching lugs 20 on theinturned and adhered glue laps 18, thus to hold the carrier in erectedcondition ready for loading manually or by automatic loading equipment.

Blank 10, as shown in Fig. l, is disposed with its smooth and finished,printed or decorated side underneath and its rough, unfinished surfaceexposed. Hence it is seen that when the carrier is in the completedcondition illustrated in Figs. 6l, 0 inclusive the longitudinalpartition and suspending orlhandle unit of the carrier, made up ofpanels 24. 24' and section 43, is externally encased along its top bythe two-ply outer reinforcing member 25. surfaces of this member arefinished in character and may bear ornamentation or printing. Inaddition, the rigidifying effect of the doubled-overmember 25 is, ofcourse, substantial. The carrier presents an entirely integral side walland bottom construction, free likely to come apart when wet.Notwithstanding this the upper edge of the carrier handle is finishedoff in .very attractive manner.

Reference has been made to the separation of flap section 43 from panel24 by slit 44. In actuality the flap is temporarily held to the panel,as the blank traverses the first stages of the folding thereof, by nicks50. The same function is performed by the nicked connections 51 and 52,respectively, between the handle reinforcing member 25 and side wallpanel 14 and between the end cross partition elements 37, 37' and theremainder of the respective panels 24, 24'. The nicks readily rupture asthe associated parts are manipulated by a gluingand folding machine. v

The nicked connection 51 of handle reinforcing member 25 to side wallpanel 14 aflords control of the member in manufacture, by preventingpanel 14 to which it is thus severably connected as the blank passesthrough a gluing and folding machine. Inspection of Figs. 1 andZindicates that the same function of controlling member 25 may also beserved, if desired, by performing a further simple folding operation atan intermediate stage in the manufacturing cycle.

The action iust referred to is made possible due to the position of thehandhole tab designated 30 in Fig. 1, the

hinging of this tab to handle portion 29 along a line paralleling andspaced outwardly from slit 26, and the positional relationship of thishinge to the outermost horizontal margins 46, 47 of a rectangularhandhole 48 That is, the handhole tab may be manipulated, once the blankis in the position shown in Fig. 2, by bending the same upwardly throughopening 48 and then outwardly, adhering the same to the adjoining upperexposed surface of member 24' by previously applied adhesive. Suchmanipulation will result in a positive interlock of handle member 25 toa member 24' as the blank proceeds through the gluing machine.

I claim:

1. A one-piece article carrier blank of flexible paperboard stoelc,comprising two sets of side wall, end wall and longitudinal partitionand handleforrning pane s, the respective panels of each of said setsbelng integrally connected by vertical creases in the order named, aoneseparation from the l piece bottom-forming panel disposed between andintegrally connected by horizontal creases to adjacent bottom-definingmargins of sad side wall panels, cross partition sections integrallyhinged by vertical creases to said partition and handle-forming panelsand swingable about those hinge creases out of the planes of therespective last named panels, a protective section of substantial areaintegrally hinged by a horizontal crease to a bottomdefining margin ofone of said partition and handleforming panels, said protective sectionlying between said partition and handle-forming panels and being readilydisplaceable by swinging about its said hinge crease out of the plane ofone thereof, and a handle reinforcing unit associated with one of saidsets of panels, said unit being integrally hinged by a vertical creaseto an end of the partition and handle-forming panel of its associatedset and being separated at least in part by a cut from a topdefiningmargin of the end and side wall panels of said last named set, the outermargin of-said reinforcing unit lying substantially outwardly, in thelateral sense, of the outer margin of its associated partition andhandle-forming panel and opposed outer margins of said side wall panelslying substantially inwardly of the outer margins of said respectivepartition and handle-forming panels, a substantial part of saidreinforcing unit occupying a space between said separating cut thereforand a longitudinal projection of said outer margin of its associatedpartition and handle-forming panel, and being provided with a horizontalcrease in substantial alignment with said outer margin of its associatedpartition and handleforming panel.

2. An article carrier blank in accordance with claim 1, in which saidprotective section hinge crease is disposed outwardly, in thelongitudinal sense, of the vertical crease hinging to one another thepartition and handle-forming panel and the end wall panel of a panelset.

3. A blank in accordance with claim I in which said partition and handleforming panels each have a handhole therein and said reinforcing unithas a tab pivoted thereon in a position to swing through at least one ofsaid handholes when the article carrier is completed.

4. A blank in accordance with claim I in which said partition and handleforming panels each have a handhole therein and said reinforcing unithas a tab pivoted thereon inwardly of the outer margin thereof and in aposition to swing through at least one of said handholes when thearticle carrier is completed.

5. A one-piece article carrier blank of flexible paperboard stock,comprising two sets of side wall, end wall and longitudinal partitionand handle-forming panels, the respective panels of each of said setsbeing integrally connected by vertical creases in the order named, aoneplece bottom-forming panel disposed between and integrally connectedby horizontal creases to adjacent bottom- 'wardly, in the lateral sense,

defining margins of said side wall panels, a longitudinal partitionsection of substantial area integrally hinged by a horizontal crease toa bottom-defining margin of one of said partition and handle-formingpanels, said longitudinal partition section lying between said partitionand handle-forming panels and being readily displaceable by swingingabout its said hinge crease out of the plane of one thereof, and ahandle reinforcing unit associated with one of said sets of panels, saidunit being integrally hinged by a vertical crease to an end of thepartition and handleforming panel of its associated set and beingseparated at least in part by a cut from a top-defining margin of theend and side wall panels of said last named set, the outer margin ofsaid reinforcing unit lying substantially outof the outer margin of itsassociated partition and handle-forming panel, which panel outer margingenerally coincides with the top of a carrier partition and handle ofwhich said last named panel is a part, and opposed outer margins of saidside wall panels lying substantially inwardly of the last named outermargins of said respective partition and handle-forming panels, asubstantial part of said reinforcing unit occupying a space between saidseparating cut therefor and a longitudinal projection of said outermargin of its associated partition and handle-forming panel, and beingprovided with a horizontal crease in substantial alignment with saidouter margin of its associated partition and handle-forming panel.

6. An article carrier blank in accordance with claim 5, in which saidprotective section hinge crease is disposed outwardly, in thelongitudinal sense, of the vertical crease hinging to one another thepartition and handle-forming panel and the end wall panel of a panelset.

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